Flour cabinet and sifter



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P.R.GREBNB. EV'LOUR CABINET AND SIFTER. No. 545,489. Patented Sept. 3,1895.

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E. R. GREENE. PLOUR GABINET AND SIFTER.

Patented Sept.

Wilxyzsses cause the meal or flour to teed through the UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

FLEMON R. GREENE,LAKELAND, FLOR-IDA.

FLoUR CABINET AND SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,489, datedSeptember 8, 1895.

Application filed April 11, 1895. Serial No. 54.51330. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLEMON R. GREENE, a` citizen ofthe United States,residing at Lakeland, in the county of Polk and State of Florida, haveinvented a new and useful Flour Cabinet and Sitter, ot which thefollowing is a specification. y

My invention relates to a flour cabinet and sitter, and has for i-tsobject to provide a simple and efficient form ot cabinet having suitablereceptacles tor various materials used in the culinary art and havingefficient means for measuring and sifting flour or meal in its exit fromthe receptacles provided therefor, the construction being such as tofacilitate the cleansing of the parts.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof Will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claim. j

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinetconstructedin accordance with my invention, the door or closure thereof being opento expose the interior construction. Fig. 2 isa vertical section ot thesame, taken through the liour-bin. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectionot the saine on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view ofthe sitter. Fig. 5 is a detail transverse section of the sitter.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures ot thedrawings.

1 designates the casing or shell ot a cabinet, which is preferablyrectangular `in construction, the upper portion ot the interior thereofbeing divided by a vertical partition 2 to form a flour-biu 3 and ameal-bin 4. The lower portions ot these bins are provided withdownwardly-convergent walls to direct the our and meal to the reducedoutlet-openings 5 and 6, which are fitted, respectively, with cutoffs orslides 7 and 8. Rotary armed agitators 9 and 10 are arranged,respectively, in the flour and meal bins, near their lower ends andabove the planes ot the cut-ods or slides, to

outlet-openings when the cut-ods or slides are open.

Depending from the bins and communicating therewith when the cut-offs orslides are open is a rectangular chute 11, also divided by a verticalpartition 12 to form throats communicating, respectively, with the flourand meal bins. The throat under the flour-bin is intersected at anintermediate point by a second cut-od or slide 13, fitting at its sideedges in ways 14 in the walls ot the throat, and the interval betweenthe upper and'lower cut-ods or slides is gaged to contain a certainquantity ot Hour, as, for instance, a halter a whole pound or more. A.similar second or lower cut-off or slide l5 is arranged in the throatunder the meal-bin for-a purpose similar to that above described.lFitted in the throat beneath the second or lowercut-oft or slide 13 isa sitter 16, having a perforated or wire-cloth screen 17 and containinga reciprocatory agitator 18, operated by means of a handle 19, whichprojects beyond the front end of the sitter. This sitter is arranged inthe space under the second cutoff or slide, but may be removed therefromto clean tle sitter or to use independently ofthe cabinet. Thereciprocatory agitator comprises a longitudinal stem 2O and an openworkhead 21, arranged in a horizontal plane and adapted to bear upon theupper surface ot the perforated bottom ot the sitter, the lateral edgesot the head being fitted to slide in guide-grooves 22 formed in the sidewalls ot the sifter'contiguous to its bottom. The upper and lateralsides of these guide-grooves are formed by rabbets in the lower edges ofthe side walls of the sitter, and the lower sides ot said grooves areformed by the upper surfaces ot the bars torming the trame 17a ot thescreen 17. The screen 17, with its trame, is removable from the bodyportion of the sitter, and hence from the sliding agitator 18, toprovide tor thoroughly cleansing the screen. In order to facilitate theremoval ot the screen when it is desired to cleanse the same, I provideit at its front end with a handle 17h. (Shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.)

The inclosure of the bins in a rectangular shell or casing provides aconsiderable space around the lower reduced portion thereof tor thereception of a biscuit-board 23, a tray 24, and other similar utensils(not shown) which are used in this art, said space forming a suitablereceptacle wherein such articles may be kept tree from dust. v

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Secured to the front of the shell or casing, adjacent to its top, is aspice-case 25, divided by vertical partitions 26 to form a series ofreceptacles for various spices and condiments employed in cookery, and acommon hinged lid or cover 27 is employed to close the same.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

removably fitted to the lower edges of said side Walls, the uppersurface of the screen frame combining with said rabbets to formguide-grooves, said screen frame being provided at its front end with anexposed handle, and a reciprocatory agitator having a stem mounted in anopening in the front of the sitter, and a fiat head fitted at itslateral edges in said guide-grooves and operatin g in contact with theupper surface of the screen, substantially as specified. u

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aftixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FLEMON R. GREENE.

' vWitnesses:

SAMUEL E. GREENE, CLINTON D. BROOKS.

